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Do you have any evidence of this actually working? I’ve seen the copypasta a million times, but never the smallest shred of evidence.


Lets run a test! Please reply if you get in trouble for loading this page.

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H\*

XJS*C4JDBQADN1.NSBN3*2IDNEN*GTUBE-STANDARD-ANTI-UBE-TEST-EMAIL*C.34X

XJS*C4JDBQADN1.NSBN3*2IDNEN*GTPHISH-STANDARD-ANTI-PHISH-TEST-EMAIL*C.34X


EICAR is not supposed to trigger like this, but if you have access to the virustotal search API you can find some even smaller signatures that do trigger in this manner.


I don't understand, what does this do?

Here's a link to what I see: https://i.imgur.com/vaZJq4b.png




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